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Rock and Striped Bass in Chesapeake Bay System
The rock or striped bass thrives along the Gulf to Alabama and spawns mainly in the Chesapeake Bay headwaters. Maryland dominates commercial catch, with about two million pounds annually and a 1943 peak of 2,575,643 pounds. Migration, diet shifts with age, and ocean incursion affect populations, while fall pound nets and seasonal gear shape harvests. Conservation ties soil runoff and watershed management to rock abundance and tidal-water health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of the St. Lawrence
Alabama
California
Pacific Coast
Delaware
West Coast
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Virginia
Ocean
Capes
Bay
Lower
Potomac River
Tidewater